Workers Are Coming to Offices Less in 2025 Despite Rise In RTO Orders
Briefly

Corporate efforts to enforce return-to-office policies in 2025 have not yielded the expected results, with new data showing a 36.3% decline in office visitation compared to pre-pandemic levels. Major companies like Amazon and JPMorgan Chase have mandated stringent five-day in-office work, yet employee compliance has remained low, indicating a strong resistance to returning to traditional office settings. Initial high expectations for increased office attendance have not materialized, suggesting that the desire for remote work continues to prevail among employees amid these corporate ultimatums.
Despite corporate CEOs pushing for a return to office mandates, employee visitation to workplaces in early 2025 has decreased, revealing resistance to RTO policies.
Recent data shows a significant regression in office visitation rates, with February 2025 seeing a 36.3% drop compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019.
Companies like Amazon and JPMorgan Chase announced strict five-day return-to-office policies, but overall employee compliance has not improved as expected.
The hope for a return to pre-pandemic office attendance is contradicted by continued low visitation rates, highlighting employee resistance to RTO strategies.
Read at Inc
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